Text Feature STAAR

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a. a heading
• b. captions
• c. the table of contents
• d. the glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which text feature would you tell the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text?

• a. the heading
• b. the caption
• c. the glossary
• d. the table of contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan is writing a report on Italian food. he finds a book titled "Foods of the World." He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word "Spain" in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word "Northern Spain" in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan's book __________.

• a. had no text features
• b. had a diagram but no other text features
• c. had the table of contents only
• d. had a heading and subheading

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan decides to skip the chapter about Spain. He begins reading. Which of the following is most likely true?

• a. Juan will have to read Chapter 2 later in order to write his report. 
• b. Juan is using the text features correctly to skim the text and find the information he needs.
• c. Juan is reading the book from cover to cover.
• d. Juan is not using text features correctly to help him find the information he needs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan knows that "Italy" will be described on pages 22-30. To figure this out, he probably _______.

• a. looked for "Italy" in the glossary
• b. looked for "Italy" in the index
• c. looked for "Italy" on a diagram
• d. saw this information on the cover

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

If a word is in bold, italics or underlined, it might be ___________.

• a. a less important detail
• b. spelled incorrectly 
• c. information you should skip
• d. a new term to learn

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Cynthia doesn't understand what's going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?

• a. look in the table of contents
• b.look for a graph
• c. read the caption
• d. stare at it for three minutes

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

In the book she's reading, Jenny sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. This is a _______.

• a. diagram
• b. table
• d. caption
• d. vocabulary word

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

True or false: Nonfiction books never contain text features.

• a. true
• b. false

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A graph or chart _______.

• a. explains a photograph
• b. provides additional description in words
• c. displays and organizes facts and numbers
• d. shows you all the photographs a book contains

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5